Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto introduced legislation that would provide an individual with an eligible medical condition (inflammatory bowel diseases or pregnancy) with the right to use a public or employee toilet facility at a retail establishment under certain limited conditions.

Early this morning, there was a large water main break at M Street and Wisconsin Ave in front of Banana Republic in Georgetown.

We kicked off this week with the 32nd annual celebration of National Coming Out Day! Each year on October 11, millions of Americans celebrate the power and resilience demonstrated by those who have chosen to love out loud and live life in its most authentic form.

Since my last update, the Council has passed two bills that I co-introduced to help strengthen the District’s post-pandemic local economy!

Today, during the Council of the District of Columbia’s 36th legislative meeting, Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto co-introduced emergency legislation and moved an amendment that helps to strengthen the District’s post-pandemic local restaurant economy and additionally, voted in favor of legislation that she co-introduced to preserve the integrity of the District’s certified business enterprise program.

Many of you joined my recent community meeting on homelessness or have shared concerns with me and my team about neighbors experiencing homelessness. I hear your concerns and you can be assured that I am working with District agencies and community partners to move people into housing and alleviate homelessness in our community.

Among the hearing topics covered this week are the reestablishment of the District’s Tax Revision Commission, the District's unemployment insurance program, and distance learning in public schools

In an Opinion Editorial published in the Washington Blade, Councilmember Pinto addressed the need to ban the panic defense legal strategy in a court of law and announced that the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee would move legislation to achieve this before the end of the year. For many years, the panic defense legal strategy has unfairly protected those who attack the LGBTQIA+ community members due to a claimed fear of the victim’s sexual identity or orientation.

The Council convened our first post-recess legislative meeting. During the meeting, I co-introduced legislation and also voted to support small businesses, strengthen tenant rights and protections, and support members of the D.C. arts community.

Yesterday, the Council of the District of Columbia held its first post-recess legislative meeting. Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto co-introduced legislation to protect the integrity of the District’s local business enterprise program and to provide free feminine hygiene products in District public and public charter schools.